The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-31 00:00:00

~-: OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Another ' final tertaination"—(we have had , two or t three already)—has been put, it seems, to the Burmese war. he preliminary treaty having, as all the World knows, been broken by the . Burmese.. authorities, Sit . 1 Archibald Campbell attacked their troops and defeated I them, t, After pursuing his march to within four days of Annnerapuralt, and encountering, as it appears, some sharp ,- fighting—though he probably gave a good deal better than he •got,----4he Golden-footed Monarch cOn sette4l to ratify the treaty which he had before rejected; the, leading conditions of which were, it will be re membered, the cession of all his maritime frontier,. the payMent of a erore of rupees, and certain stipulations respecting a fattire treaty of commerce. We are not told that any tiew - derriands were ntih . upon this barba rian, whether in the shape of indemnity or security, on the gronial of his having skulked form the ratification of the former convention; anti this we conceive may be justly felt a sacrifice of the unquestionable rights of the conquerors, who were well entitled to a recom, pence for their toils and expellees incurred ou Recount of the concluding military movement, which was ren dered necessary by the non-fulfilment of the treaty of Prome. Indeed, there are grounds for some uneasy conjeetUres in all that has yet transpired of the circuin stances: consequent on the signature of this peace with Burtnah. Only twenty-five lacks of rupees were paid down out or a hundred—that is, front ‘450,0Q0/. to 300,00 N. Sir Archibald Campbell, the victorious General, hurried off, as fast as . steam could propel him, to Calcutta, instead of sending thither'a confidential Officer • and his army, in stead of 'enjoying some repose within tie territory, which they had overrun at least, if not completely conquered, re traced their steps, by rapid marches, to Rangoon, as it afraid that his Burman Majesty had once more got into fighting humour, and would force them into another eom bat for the second instalment of rupees. How far the dig.: nity and honour of Vin land mat have ,been risked by an apparent slownewto engage this brutal enemy, when lie first showed himself on the northern frontier, we do' not mean to argue ; but sure we are that, whether necessary or not, a war With such_ a power must be hopeless of any se rious benefit. The, old Bengal frontier was strung, and easily defensible—to pass it was to abandon a 'definite and compact. position, to seek our way to a conjectural frontier, through un milialown territory, presenting many reputed risks, and to place our line in contact, with new enemies, ignorant of our resources, and preying upon them by war like experiMents, irregular and incalculable. We are at a lons as to What security now exists for the performance by King: ctolden,foot of the Treaty' which he has ratified.— Good faith, of course, is out of the question, and-the re treat of our forces disburdens him of all immediate fears. —Times. We do not . clearly see the continued object of the Catholic Nees' of Ireland, in mixing up, as they appear to do: (")11 all • occasions, temporal. politics with their he bitual and professional polemics. It was ftir enough that they should interpose at the late election, to promote the cause of such candidates as would vote in favour of the Catholic body. Protestant clergymen , had thrown down the gauntlet, and canvassed (though not, we belieVe,gont quite so fares to. preach) against the emancipation can didatest. On that head, therefore, the two churches:are quits, touching the intention, if not so in respect of their relative successes. But the passion for noise has grown by indulgence, and not satisfiedwith having blown one' good note upon the politital trumpet, they deafen the 'comm.' nity with perpetual blasts of that cur-piercing instrument whether in or out of season. Dr. Doyle, whose subtile and suspicious evidence before the committee a year of two sge k cannot yet have been entirely forgotten, comes forth with a pamphlet, which he entitles " u pastoral rer:tts. the clergy crud people of his diocese," of which pro duction the end seems no other than to make the Menke don Certain lessons respecting the ditteiptine and - merits u 1 the Catholic Church, a vehicle for en extreme degree of rancour` against Protestants of all descriptions. It was necessary to any, honest purpose, at least to any pesee fill one; entertained by a Roman Catholic Bishop, to rip up .the , old sores of Primate BoUlter and the charter schoele, the Primate's memory being very justly appre ciated by all .thinking Protestants of the present day, and the charter schools condemned .by them as a hopeless, use less, and absurd excrescence upon the establishments of the country. An eflect, however, was to be produced upon : the feelings of the multitude, anti Booker being first held up as a tit standard of all that was execrable in Church or State, 'is there described 44 only the model after svhich large daises of Protestants—lay and clerical-- now active members of Irish Society, have bean industri , duly fashioned. Mr. O'Connell might, pursue. suet, courses, without lOss of character, or any taint of inc sisteney; but unless the priests be desirous of inflaming that wild host of passions through which States are con vulsed and crimes accumulated, we submit that they had betteract like priests, and leave the part of incendiaries to others.—Nd. • The barbarous execution of Ripole,tbe schoolmaster of Valencia,. for, 4014044 heresy, and nut attenditig mass, affords a new 'arid lamentable proof of the malignant influ ence which. superstition still maintains in Spain. If such acts can lie ermonitted iu aireuineteenth century, and un der a Government calling itself" apostolicel," what would have been the condition of Europe at present, if the Re formation laid not broken doWn the despotism of Rome, and connected religion with the progrees of civilized senti ments ? We cannot ealeulate upon the state of debased subjection iii which the bottom mind would now find itself under the trrrorss of a domineerieg priesthood. Had Ripole fallen by the violence Of a solitary fanatic, we would.be slow to impute to the Tiotnan(,catholic Church itt Spain .0 partieipatiou in the gnilt ; lent his fate was an act of the Church. His sentence was judicially pro nounce", and his execution conducted with all the solem nities of. a religious sacrifice; all the old melo-dramatic dis •Play' of the Inquisition was revived on this occasion "on the cart behind which lie walked to the place of doom, wus an empty 'cask, painted With tl a ale ,vilts, &e., which cask served' Mitt afterward; for a collitiOn which be was buried outside the churchyard , The therelles by which he Pfiesed 104114 . gallows 'went all closed, and the saints stuck 14 1) ht that *fee-Pi .taivertal with bitiek !" Can we believe • such Pr9c#forff4P , to be the *eta of human beings, 'annuli less of the priests of it divine and merciful religion ! And who was the victim of this cruelty r A man who 19 de scribed, to have been " a most charitable character, giving every tliinvollie poor whipli he did not absolutely stand in need of bimself; anti Nvito, at the moment of death ' de clared that he had al w ays lived a good Christian,-anddied the same. The Roman Catholies call the dCnial of poli tical power in this country religious peraecution. Without enter ing into that question tit —pres en t,: we m i ino a void observing, that it. is a very different thing froM the execs b i e tyra nny that will not tolerate, even the private i•xerci4e! of the rig hts of conseiewe, but drag a man to the m enfnla for " not attendieg, mass." It would be o f more value than tit.'y argument which the Roman Catholics h ave Vet offer ed to the opponents otifle7reinotilitois.tittidon:,iireiefttitiehyv show, that wherever policy ki ngs or_aomponwealtbs, t ley teach them to • practise inereymnottng 'lowa _,, b n i , at i o n of the Northrrn We regret to fi nd that tut pia , Whig, of Belfast, en excellent I:.Tr_ilfiralt#lsth.:l.l:rorrief,7o,l;ergiet which has been sent to Cam :h 1 jour nca of "ills to be s ospentled,in conscy tin, insurmountable m O un table ditiltfu, Elie. ltirtlitLiotir.. of , t l o, concern necessarily oceit,onci . paper, it is stated, in the announcenTiutu of ) ti ) i i i i s ). c t i . t a t t ! . 7 o - , stance, ave p+A raged 'ti,ards of 1,0(.10 y ' , and , watt rapidly iiiereasittg. The libe l was ahi tor sign e,ll " A SinallTLiriner„" refleeting on th' m" crominAin, c a stle. On the trial the Jury put a titt,estion to the judge, respecting the truth of the stateMents in the alleged libel, whet be told them that if 0 1 , 41 statement* Welf*Ut 44 the #• pel t that mad e no dif "' .1701t01.10c,, ferenee. It is well remarked by the Scotsman, with re ference to the feeling lately mantsted by Judges towards the press:— " Nothing is more common than M hear a portion of the pub lic calling out that the Journals are timid—and that they decline publishing many things, the exposure of which would benefit the counuttnity ;---hut what happens? If the Journals do yield, either to the indignation naturally felt against cruelty and .oppres sion; or to a strong desire to stem the progress of jobbing and corruptimr by laying open facts, are not these very men, who had been exclaiming, the first to surrender their own judgntents to the rules of the law—running often in the very teeth of morality, and those great constitutional principles which ought fo - - prevail against all narrower rules--as delivered in' charges from the Bench, and concurring in verdicts which go at once to destroy the. Press, and every thing like indtpeddence of spirit in the country ? It is impossible, we think, for any man, whose eyes are open, not to be aware; that in England, Scotland, and Ireland, numerous verdicts have been recently pronotinced, which, if followed up hi the same spirit, must speedily leave the whole United Kingdom without a Prets--Withont any Journals but such as publish cautious advertistetnents—army promotions—births, . marriages, and deaths. If Juries are to remain thus tame and slavish, and, we fear not to say, unjust, it will be unsafe for any Journalists to be more than chroniclers of small facts for the nursery." Thus the slavish deference of a Jury to a Judge has silenced a Journal conducted with great ability, and in 'an excellent spirit,, flattering the prejudices of no party, and anxious only to . promote the cause of truth and virtue. The Administration. have done their part in freeing the Jury System from the defects under which it laboured. It remains for the people to free themselves from the ig norance and prejudices which incapacitate them from de riving any advantage from the power entrusted to them. To judge from Several late verdicts, a very low estimate must be formed of the capacity of the class from which Juries are taken.' . Jurymen should have constantly pre sent to their minds, that Judges have uniformly been 'op posed to the Liberty of the Press; that all its privileges have been acquired in spite of that hostility ; and that on every occasion they yet show themselves actuated by the ' old spirit., The fiction, according to ,which they contend that the greater the truth the greater the libel, as the greater the provocation to a breach of the peace, is alto ' gether unworthy of a civilized age, and ought to be Scouted by juries. Ei,'er since the doctrine of prejudging by the Press was held up to deserved ridicule,' the Judges have been averse from touching on that subject, and we have heard of no Barristers applying handkerchiefs to their eyes. —Morning Chronicle. POLICE INlialCri:NCE. MANSION-lIOUSE.—A day or. two since, Mr. , Alderman LucAs, as Alderman of the ToWet. Ward, applied to the Loan MAYOR at the instance of the Common Council and other inhabi tants of the ward, to ask leave of his Lordship to permit the whole of the frontage of the Custoni-louse, in Lower Thames-street, to be inclosed, in order to carry on the work of underpinning it. The Lord Mayor had previously restricted his order to the extent of half the building, but it was now represented that the work would he Much sooner got through if the whole were allowed to be en closed, and in consequence of this representation, his Lordship went down,to inspect the works, accompanied by the Chairman of the Customs' Board and Mr. Smirke, when upon examination it appeared, that it would be less inconvenient to the neighbours it' the whole were enclosed at once instead of half, as by that means it could be got through by Christmas, but if the present plan was pursued, the work would last the whole of the winter. The Lord Mayor, in consequence, gave permission to enclose the whole immediately, and Mr. Sinirke undertook to put on , four hindered extra bands to work. • Two decent middle-aged men, who stated that they were clerks to respectable merchants in the City, were charged with going into the newly-,set-up oyster-room iu Cornhill, kept by a person named Evans, and there eating a quantity of oysters without pay ing for them, sad afterwards assaulting Mr. Evans and the watch man, cod threatening to pull the place to pieces. The defendants were now very contrite, and pleaded intoxica tion as en excuse ; whereupon they were ordered 'to pay five a-piece fur {ming drunk, and to settle with the watch man, end they were then disehargea. Elizabeth Turaer, a middle-uged woman, was charged with robbing lief master, Menem Miilmels, of some silver spoons 'and' sundry other articles. The duplicates of the articles were found upon, the prisoner, and she war proved to be the person who pledged them. She was fully committed for trial. The Lotto Mavoe, on ordering her committal, observed, that up to Tuesday night there were no less than 460 prisoners in Newgate, all committed for trial since the bat Sessions. BOW-STREET.IIIary Hastings, an elderly woman of re spectable appearance, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing S4l:, the property of the heir-at-law of Mrs. Dolway, deceased, late of. Kensington. Elizabeth llillyer deposed, that she was a servant of the late Mrs. Dolway, • and that the prisoner' was hired in the capacity of nurse 'to attend her mistress, who was now no more. Some months prior to her death, a sum of money, between '7O/. and SW., was given by the deceased into her (the witness's) care, with directions to place it in a beaufet in her bed-room. The prisoner slept in the room of the deceased, and knew of the' mo ney being deposited as stated. Up to the period of Mrs. Dol way's death, however, the money was safe; but shortly after that 'event tco►k place, it was gone. The prisoner was employed to sit up at night with the corpse of the deceased before it wan in terred, and it.most have been on one of those occasions that the money was stolen. Ellis, an officer.of this establishment, said, that in consequence. of receiving information of the robbery, he proceeded to Ken sington, where he met with the prisoner, whom he questioned re specting the money, but she positively. denied all knowledge of it. Fron► private information he received, however, he was induced to go to the house of Mrs. Hatton, of Kensington; between whose servant, Ann Rust, and 'the prisoner, he' had beard there was some acquaintenee. He saw Ann Rust at the house of her ibis tress, and he asked her if else had lately received a sum of money to keep for a friend. She said she had received no money to her 'knowledge, but a sealed packet, .the contents of which she was ignorant of, had been confided to her care that morning by • the prisoner ; on opening the packet it was found to contain . 241 in bink notes and ten sovereigns. He then took the prisoner into custody. Mrs. Hatton exonerated her servant from any participation in o; robbery, and . attill, ‘ Sleyi 42, the persuu who took in the pal eel directed tc Elizabeth The prisoner declined saying any thing in her defence, and she was' remanded till Saturday, in order to get time for further evidence against her, and to try to recover the.remainder of the money. LAMBETH-STREET.--A QC AKER'S gegli PLIES. ,I•.‘.Ytertia' Mr.. Voy, one of the Society of Friends, and a coal merchant, carrying on buainevi at Wapping, appeared to an information, laid by one of the Constables of the Liberty of the Tower, charging underithe Mutiny Act, with disobeying a Notice of Impress ent, and neglecting to assiat in the remov►►l of the baggage of re Coldstreat z n Guards front their late quarters.---Mr. yiiy was accompanied by another of the Frienda, and, true to their creed, • they came before the magistrates with ".hat on head." The . Chief Officer, however, uncovered them ; and, when called ou to plead, Ali. VOy admitted his refusal,' but attributed it to a scruple of conscience. 'Mr. WYATT*Thet we are aware of,; and, therefore, I affix lowest penalty, 40%, and coats. You are, of course, pre pared to pay it. Mr. Voy--f am not ; I cannot conscientiously pay NtrvirT.—A distress tend then be levied 'on your goods.—Mr. Voy I know that, but I' cannot pay any money, as we do not re eognisti the justice d the eltdm.—lfe was them about to leave the Offiee, when, turning round to the Magiiitrate, he expressed, a wish that the distress would be levied in the least inconvenient manner.---Mr. WYATT Certainly.--When be came to the outer dffiee, still having 4 view to trade, and with all that acuteness phich is said to be the characteristic of Quakerism, he said to the constable, " Then, Friend, thou wilt make thy distress on coal, a eorontodity which I have a worldly calling." The constable "P. (11 ,! 4 0 fctit, and Frivol Voy took Insdeparture, the spirit ap pearing to be reconciled to the inconvenienciaa of the Mutiny Act, THAMFA 1'01.1( T-OFFICE.,,A Captai n of one of the Scotch tonacki . entered the'offiee, and mi ut;ste4l tile ' advice a' of Mr. 11A1,1,krim'a . the following eiren stances s., - The Captain stated, that about ten days ago, he left the Tower stairs, with his smack, having on board a great number of 1 )11 ** senger* bland for Oninleo, and that when lie of to Faith, on his going down 'ono hoid of the vessel, he there discovered Mules' some straw, a fine boy about in 1 +, 1 " o bi, and front his dress awl manners he knew he must he the child tif some respectable Per ton. Ho asked hint tel brought him on board is to which be could of taiti no answer, o,o 'pt good-humoured smile. The l'as - t owers odvieed him to put hlilt 'Olt shor e a t Gravesend ; how' eve r, struck with the appearance of the le4, and supposing that he had some friends at Dundee whom be wished to see, and not hay intrnoney to pay his passage, be bad adopted _this stratagem of concealing himself in the hold, as the most likely to Succeed' in ac complishing his wishes, under that impression' the captain took him with lime However, at Dundee, he_appeared to be as great a stranger as when be came, on board. The captain then made every effort to prevail on him to give some account of himself, all to uo purpose ; he preserved the most solemn silence, he could not even ascertain his name. Not knowing _what to do with him, be was advised to take him before the Police Magistrates at Dundee, .which he did, but they were equally unsuccessful with him, neither entreaty nor threat seemed to have"any effect on him. Ile was recommended by them to take him back to London, as the most probable • place to diacover to whom he belonged. He had hint now on board his smack, and he requested Mr. Ballantine's advice as to the disposal of him. Mr. Evans, the chief surveyor, asked him the description of the boy, which 01. Mr. Evan's hearing, he said he thought it answer ed one in an advertisement which he had seen of a lost boy, and which give a reference to a Mr. J. H. Greenwell," Court-houie, Oxford -street, St. Marylebone. Mr. BALLANTINE then requested Mr. Evans to go on board, and bring the bOy before him, which he did ; and the moment he appeared, there remained not a doubt but he was the lad described in the advertisement. Mr. Ballantine then despatched a mes senger to Mr. Greenwell, to apprise him of the event; and Mr. Greenwell, accompanied by a lady, immediately returned with the messenger ; and the moment she saw the boy, she recognised him as her lost child. She stated that she and her hinband resided at Boulogne, and that about three weeks since, they missed the boy, and could not imagine what could have happened to him. How everi on inquiry, they traced him as far as Dover, but there lost all scent of him ; they then posted advertisements (describing him) at Dover, at the same time imagining that he might Lave come to London, She proceeded thither, and on her arrival in London, she, found that conjecture was right; for her brother, Mr. Greenwell, had already got tidings of bins in the following manner :—lu consequence of the advertisement at Dover ap pearing with a reference to Min, one of the coachmen of the Dover: coaches waited upon him, and stated that about a fortnight ego, a lad answering the description had got into the coach and said he was coining to his friends in London, who would pay ou his arrival ; the coachman from his appearance, not doubting Ida story, furnished hint with all the necessaries on the road, and on the coach stopping ut the Bricklayer's Arms, while he was attending to some of the other passengers} the lad got out of the coach and disappeared, nor could he gain the least informa tion of what became of him since. Mr. Greenwell, on receiving the information from the coachman, immediately got advertise ments posted all over town, and particularly gave information at all the public offices, and ever since has been most unceasing in his inquiries. The lady stated that she was just upon the point of returning to her husband and family to Boulogne, despairing of ever hearing of her lost child. Mr. BALLANTINZ, after giving the boy a suitable admonition, ordered him to be delivered over to his mother and Mr. Greenwell, and all parties then left the office, seemingly highly pleased at meeting again. SURREY SESSIONS, A UQ. 30. John Smith and Hannah Cqlfin were indicted for felo niously stealing from the person of James Grigg, a watch, money, and other articles, value 61., his property, and • James Coleman, as an accessory after the fact. From the peculiar situation of the prisoner Coleman, this case excited considerable interest, and there appeared an additiOnal number of Magistrates on the Bench to wit ness the investigation. The first witness called was James Grigg, the prose cutor, He stated that on the 20th of this month (August), he had occasion to go down to the Kent-rOacl on some pressin6 business, when he met with some friends who in vited hun to take something to drink. He accepted their invitation, and frequently repeated his libation until he got intoxicated, until 'indeed he . was quite drunk. Cu AIRSI A N.—Perhaps you were so drunk, that, you re collect very little about this alleged robbery ? Witness (with a great portion of sang froid.)—l was not so very drunk, but I recollect going into Church-street, and there I got robbed. CHAIRMAN.—DO you know in what part of Church street you got robbed ? Witness—l believe it was under the gateway ; at least tlu told me so. CitslitSlAN.—llinder what gateway ? Witness.—Under a gateway near St. George's Church, in the %rough: CHAIRMAN—BiIt.if you were as drunk as you thus can didly confess you were, how could you know that the prisoners at the bar were the persons who robbed you ? Witness—Oh ! but I was not so drunk but Icould swear to the prisoners. Cll.4.lltAtAN—Wit.s there any one present or near to you who could positively swear to the transaction, or who could identify the prisoners at the bar; or either of them; as the persons concerned in the robbery ? Witness-0 yes, Mrs. Richardson saw the whole transaction. = Richardson presenting herself) — Then be good enoUgh, Mrs. Richardson, to place yourself in the witness-box. M. Richardson stated, that .she was going to bed oh Sunday night, the 20th of August, at about 11 o'clock, when she heard a repeated cry of " Help, help;" and some one swearing dreadfully. She. went down stairs and opened the back door, and saw two men and a woman in the middle 'of the road. She had every reason to be-. lieve that the prisoners at the bar, Smith and Caflin, were of the party, and that they had got the third person, the prosecutor, on the ground, in the middle of the road.--, The woman was holding the latter up. She stood for some moments, and then looked in the prosee - utor's face. The female prisoner seemed .to have her hand in his breeches pocket. Witness interfered, and eipostulated with them on robbing the man, us she supposed they were doing, when the female prisoner, pushing her away, ,said, " it was nothing to her, it was her brother, and she had a right to do as she liked." Witness said she was sure it was not so, and endeavoured again, unsuccessfully, to ex tricate him from her. They then pulled him up, by the . . head and neck, towards her place, and she said the shotild not bring him in there. The male prisoner Smith, at that time, had one of his hands in each of the proseeu toes pockets, On seeing this, she (witness) called out for the " watchman," and on her repeating the cry, they both ran away, leaving the prosecutor in his helpless situation. Charles Kirby, a constable of St. George's, Southwark, sworn.—He saw the prosecutor in the early part of the evening in a very drunken state, in company with the pri soners. At about eleven o'cloCk at night, he was roused from his,bed, by a:Violent knocking, and an equally vio lent 'announcement that a Man had been robbeli On hear ing the deicription of the man so robbed, be said be knew him, and hoped to be able to meet with the persons whom he suspected. , In the cour se of the night he fell in with the female prisoner, and took her into custody. On searching her, he found on her a gold seal, a ring,.and key. He asked her where she obtained them from, and she said she-got them from Smith. Tie kept her in cus tody, but was not enabled to find Smith till the next morning. Richard Poele, an officer of Union -ball, produced a sil ver watch, which he received from the prosecutor's mo ther, who stated that she had received it from Coleman. Martha Grigg, the prosecutor's mother, Sworn.--. T he prisoner Coleman brought the watch - to •me at half -past seven o'eloelt on Monday morning last. He h a d b een with me several tim es 'p re vionsly to endeav our to sett l e this Matter. He came first on Thursday last, and sp o ke of my son's robbery,: H e c ame next morning, and said that he thought he could get the property beck if my son would keep out of th e wa y, and not prosecute, so as to let his sister oil; for he was afraid she was guilty of having assisted in stealing the watch. She told him that she could say nothing about it, as her son had lost his things, and it was his business to look to them. Cole man b e gged that her son would not trouble himself about the matter; ' they might easily manage it ; he, Co Irmo!, would take her son to Eghtun races, and if he-wow consent to stop o ut of the way till - Saturday, be would find the watch and p a y him for all lie had lost. • Witness asked him about the hut and other things'' which her sMi had lost, and he *aid that 'what' he could- hot find he would replace. 0 " Saturday night he tame again, and on Sunday morning ho came three times. About half-past eleven he called and I CURTOUS:INSTANCE of the INSTINCT of wished to see her son; she called her son, but he would ELEPHANTS. not come down to see him. He then went away, and said he would call again; which he did, and he brought with him an order to receive the watch.. No attention was paid to this, and Coleman called again the next morning, and brought the watch, when she sent for Pople, and had him taken into custody. Cross-examined by Coleman.—She did not say she Would not prosecute if the property was returned to her. She' did not say that if 20/. were offered nothing further should be heard of the case. At the siege of Bhurtpore, in the year 1805, an affair occurred between two elephants, which displays at once the character and mental capability, the passions, cunning, and resources, of these curious animals. The British army, with its countless host of followers and attendants, and thousands of cattle, had been for a long time before the city, when on the approach of the hot season, and of the dry hot winds, the supply of water in the neighbour hood of the camp necessary for the supply of so many beings be gan to fail ; the ponds or tanks began to be dried up, and no inure water was left than the immense wells of the country would fur • nisi'. The multitude of men and cattle that were unceasingly at . _ Charles Kirby was again called.—The prosecutor's mother said to me twenty times, that if the watch was given up, no one should appear. She further said, upon an expostulation, that if her son did not appear he would have.to pay 20., " I can't help that; he must quit the country. The mother, who was a short distance from the wit ness-box, here vociferated, " Oh, God ! you wicked man," and made two or three efforts to regain the wit ness-box, but without effect. The CltarmitaN having ordered her to silence, or he would send her out of Court, asked the prisoners if they had any thing to say in their defenee? Coleman, evidently overcome, and with great artless- ness and appearance of truth, said, that he had but.re eently returned from Ireland, whither his avocations had some time since called him ; and the first distressing tid ings which reached his ear on his arrival in this country, was the degraded situation of his sister. With the warmth of a brother's affection, he had sought out the spot of her alleged crime; and not giving himself time to consider whether she was really guilty or not, he strained every nerve to sage her from an ignominious punishment. If in so doing he had violated the laws of his country, he declared ,most solemnly that he had done so ignorantly, and without being acquainted with those laws, or know ing that he was subjecting himself even to the suspicion of crime. It was the call of nature which prompted him—a call which made him regardless of every other consideration; and he hoped there was yet enough of generous feeling left in the administration of Bri tish jurisprudence to spare him the torture of being the associate of felons. Such a visitation must cloud the lat the wells, particularly the largest, occasioned no inconsiderable struggle for the priority in procuring the supply for which each were there to seek, and the consequent confusion on the spot was frequently very considerable. On one occasion, two elephant drivers, each with his elephant, the one remarkably large and strong, and the other comparatively small sad weak, were at the well together ; the small elephant had been provided by his master with a bucket for the occasion, which be carried at the end of his proboscis ; but the larger animal, being destitute of this necessary vessel, either spontaneously or by desire of lii' keeper seized the bucket, and easily wrested it away from his less powerful fellow-servant : the latter was too sensible of his M.! feriority openly to resent the insult, though it is obvious that he felt it ; but great squabbling and abuse ensued between the keepers. At length, the weaker animal, watching the opportunity when the other was standing with his side to the well, retired back- wards a few paces, in a very quiet, unsuspicious manner, suit then rushing forward with all his might, drove his head against the side of the other, and fairly pushed bins into :he well. An inquiry might naturally be made here, whether these animals were in the case in question possessed of any thing like a moral sense? We should certainly have no inclination to refer a moral sense, strictly vpeaking, in any case to the lower animate; its existence, inde pendently of education and habit in man, may be problematical : but there seems little doubt that the animals iu question had ac quired a principle not far, if at all, removed frtins a partial know ledge of right and wrong ; being constantly fed by portions or messes, it may be easily supposed that it attained a knowledge' of mewls and tustm, anti such a knowledge, however limited its its beginning; might, from the constant intercourse of these creatures with man, be in some degree improved, (of which instinct is altogether incapable,) and more largely applied. — This notion, however, presupposes a limited degree of reason in the animal. It may easily be imagined that great inconvenience was immediately experienced, and serious apprehensions quickly followed, that the water in the well, on which the existence of so many seemed in a great measure to depend, would be spoiled or at least injured, by the unwieldy brute which was precipitated into it ; and as the surface of the water was nearly 20 feet below the common level, there did not appear to be any means that could be adopted to get the animal out by main farce, at least without in juring him : there were many feet of water below the elephant, who floated with ease on its surface, and, experiencing considerable pleasure from his cool retreat4evinced but little inclination even to exert what means he might possess in himself of escape. A va" number of fascines had been employed by the army iu conducting the siege, and at length it occurred to the elephant keeper, that I sufficient number of these (which may be compared to buudi" of wood) might be lowered into the well to make a Pile , which might be raised to the top, if the animal could b° instructed as to the necessary means of laying Ahem ob. „ 111 regular succession under his feet. Permission having beell,." tained from the engineer officers to use the fascist" were at the time put away in several piles of very colusidessbil height, the keeper had to teach this elephant the lesson, whic h • by means of that extraordinary ascendancy these men obtain over the elephants, joined with the intellectual resources of the aubilal itself, he watt soon enabled to do ; and the elephant began quick l y to place each faseine as it was lowered to him, successively under him, until in a little time he was enabled to stand upon them b y this time, however, the cunning brute, enjoying the cool pleasu res of his situation after. the :beat and partial privation of water to which he bad been lately exposed, (they are observed in 14eir . natural state to frequent riven, and to swim very often,) was on" willing to work any longer, anti all the threats of his keeper cot uu not induce him to place another fascine. The man then op" ' euoning.to cunning, and began to caress and praise the els . Slit' and what he could not effect by threats he was enabled to do by. the repeated promise of plenty of rack. Incited by this, the animal again went to work, raised hiniself considerably higher, until by a partial removal of the masonry round the top of the well, he was enabled to step out : the whole affair occupied about 14 hours. This affair involves a series of intellectual operations which it seems very difficult to separate front reason...43olNA Express. ter part of his days, and make him an object of disgust to all well-regulated minds • and •he relied with firmness on the well-known justice of an English Court, in his sincere • and anxious hope that it would not cloy an act of natural, and almost uncontrollable, brotherly solicitude, with the degraded punishment of a criminal. The prisoner was here unable to articulate, and •the - CHAIRMAN proceeded to sum up the evidence. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. • Smith and Catlin were then sentenced to 14. years' transportation, and Coleman to 12 months' imprisonment. and hard labour.—The calendar having been gone through, the Court adjourned until,October. city were thrown into the utmost alarm by one of the female do mesticsmerchant attempting to poisoli herself. She filled the situation of housemaid, and for some neglect of duty was gently reprimanded by her mistress, who desired her to be more careful fur the future. The lady then left the room, and in a few minutes afterivards she was followed by the girl, who proceeded to the kitchen, when taking up a bottle which contained a quantity of oxalic acid, she emptied a considerable portion of the burning poison, mixed with some laudanum, into a basin of water, and had just raised the basin to her lips, when another of the female servants entered the room, and asked her fellow servant what she had in the basin. Only some water she replied. When the former said, " Well, Mary, you shall give me part of it ;" this the infatuated girl re fused, and proceeded to drink the contents of the basin : the other female, not having the least suspicion of its being poison, ran up and made a snatch at the basin, with an intention of partaking a part of the water ; when, in the struggle, a portion of the con tents was spilled, part of which fell on her gown, which instantly began to smoke ; she immediately ran out and gave the alarm, when medical aid was resorted to, and the usual remedies were ap plied for some time, but without effect: Other medical gentle uses were lent for, when it was, deemed, necessary to apply Weiss's stonutoh-puinp ; thisoperation the female resisted for a considerable time, at length by force it was introduced, and the poison removed. This attempt, which had nearly proved fatal, odottunately, was not the first of this female at self-destruction. LOVE IN A VILLAGE.---An. affray, tflicting in its consequences to one of the parties concerned, lately occurred at a place not twenty miles from Bradshaw. It seems that a certain Knight of the Thimble.had successfully cast amorous glances to wards the fair daughter of a buxom widow, and that a Son of the Shuttle. had laid siege to the yielding heart of the gentle widow herself. Both parties have been in the habit of breathing their tender vows at the widow's fireside, and the affray in question arose in consequence of a dispute, as to the right of occupying the feather-cushioned chair. Shuttle thought as he was the questrist of the she, who could confer on him the dignity of head of the family, the seat of honour, of right, appertained to him ; which claim, Master Thimble, however, pugnaciously refused to acknow ledge, as in duty hound. Words begat words, and the fierce din of battle shortly disturbed the welkin. Encouraged by their re spective lady-loves, the enraged combatants fastened on each other ‘s' tooth and nail," but the needle, notwithstanding the sharp tips of the shuttle, proved too keen for his antagonist, stitched up both his peepers, and laid him sprawling, like a goose, on the hearth stone. What adds to Shuttle's misfortune is, that the widow picked him up, set him , upon his wheels again, and shoved him out of doors saying, " Get along, a fig for thy prowess ;" thus annihilat ing, et one blow, all the fair visions he had conjured up of future bliss in the arms of his lovely inamorato.—Bolton Express. Yesterday at two o'clock, an inquest was holders at the White Horse Tavern, Cloak-lane, Cheapside, before Thomas Shelton, Esq., Coroner, on . view of the body of James Brooks, who terminated hie existence under the following circumstances : It appeared from the evidence of the unfOrtunate man's wife, that the deceased was employed at Steel's Wharf, in Thames-street,'as carman. About a fortnight since he becaMe ill with a complaint called St. Anthony's fire', and was attended by Dr. Harper, a medical gentleman in the neighbourhood ; his disorder, however, increased and produced at intervals delirium, On Saturday last his wife returned home to 'No. 4, College- s t reet , S t . Th omas Apostle, and not fi n di ng h er h us b an d in hi s b ed, she went over the house, and discovered him hanging to a large hook with' a piece of cord, in the garret; the immediately gave an alarm, and the unhappy man was cut down by a person w h o came i n . I n answer to some qu es ti o n s from the jury she said, that her husband was 46 years of age, and had a family, which, however was provided for ; she al s o s t a t e d t h at s h e thought that the medicine which was given to him by Dr. Harper had proved -too violent add caused the delirium. 'William Lacy, a printer, living in College-street, deposed; that he knew the deceased, who with his wife had the care of No. 4, College -street ;he drove a team of horses. On Saturday morning last he beard an alarm from Mrs. Brooks, when on going to the spot she informed him that her husband had h ung hi mse l f i n the garrett. W i tness i mme di ate l y ran up stai rs , an d di scovered the unfortunate man suspen d e d b y a piece of cord t o a h oo k i n the wall ; he instantly cut hint down, but life seemed to ha ve ' fled. Witness, however , ran for Dr. Harper, wh o attended, and pronounced the deceased dead. Dr. Harper wa s i n atten d ance, but be i ng one o f the Society of Friend' (Quakers) he refused to be sworn, as varying from the customs of his sect, their affirmation being always taken in all civil courts of ' justice: hi s s t a t ement mere l y wen t to prove that he attended the unhappy ma n w hil e l a b our i ng under the above- complai n t, an d that every thing proper was administered to him to prevent deli rium from increasing, hut without effect. There being no further evidence, the Coroner addressed the Jury, who almost immediately and gleaners, 'and ,--on Saturday last, about half returned a verdict of " Inaani!P" i p l' u ti ss e a rt ii:ed i t e il li roli ' gli the NOVEL Coons past ten o'clock, a hare was started in a wheat-field between stirrou : 4.S soon i a n n t y o the turnpike road, and made for Hoddes ahftedergem d oll , On e ntering the town, men, women, children, and dogs, eager ly joined in the chase, and poor puss wits turned back on her assailants. The course was by IdWeda t li' u )ey r: a s nd it i : Ho tl s : t e d.o f d i f e e l s d (rl,:apers this time become very interesting ; men cutting at her • , w i t h their scythes ann. stemes, Doys and womenth striking at mg stones and her with sticks; but notwith standing she was completely stirrounded, she broke aw ay in gallant style, and 'ran under a gate, just as a d o g was about to grasp her. Having slipped from numerous pursuers, she took refuge in some shacks of wheat, whence she was l quiet yta ken by a man Wahollt any injury Chronicle MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, SATUADAY, (At the Court. of Commissioners.) Bentley and Beck, Cornhill, watchmakers L. Bire, Pinner's-court, Broad-street, merchant... S. Brett, Macclesfield, silk-throwst e r 1 1 T. Burwash, Bishopsgate-street, pawnbroker ....... . ..... ..• J. Copeland, Burslem, grocer ... • • P. Coyne, Welbeck4treet, apothecary ........................ Dawes and Co., Pall Mall, bankers ........................... Dmvley and Tuck, Howland- s t ree t, b u ild ers .................. t J. Leadley, Fetter-lane, wholesale stationer .................. J. W. May, Great St. Helen's, wine-merchant ...... . ........ T. Milligan, Hanway-street, Oxford -street, haberdelher ..• Otley and Byrne, Regent-street, St. James's, tailors . ........ G. and H. Poore, Pavement, Moorfields, breeches-makers.• • I ,`; T. Sheph er d, P en t onv ill e , merc h ant ...................... .. ..• D. H. Wood, D ean - s t reet , coach .maker ........................ 111 Wilts and Moss, Cheltenham, mercers ..... . ............ • COUNTRY DIARY, Seer. 2. 11 J. Charksworth, Halifax, nerebant—at the Lion, Ilatifax.•• it Duff and Brown, Liverpool, merebants—Georgt, 041111 " 1 T. Harper, Yotradgunlas, Breconshire--Public Rooms' 11 Swansea ..... . ............................... ... ............. 11 E. Jarman, Holcombe Rogns, Devon—Three Two, D ev ' m I H. Sisson, Gedling, miller—George IV. Nottingham .... " HOP INTELLIGENCE. AlAfnsToNt.--Experienced persons With great confidence an i. ci eipate that the crop this year, both i n regard to quan ti ,. t .la i t i g quality, will be very good. Inde e d the'planter has now of this to fear but a " war of the element s ." By the latter e nd ~.° 1 ,(01, week the picking will be pretty general in this neigh i gi"; w ill and the money so distributed among t h e i n d us trious P o ' produce extensive good, Al. MARKET.—Aua. .. d. 26 0 liesuntout.-- 27 3 illacktriers 24 0 llertibrd 30 0 30 3 Holywell V 6 Killingworth 28 3 Liddell's Msin...— 26 6 Ord's Redhugh 24 6 Percy East 2fC 3 Pontop Windsor— V 6 .. .Ships at Market, 10. d• HtWell's..29 Tang 31 0 ld Traer-, 16 6 Stewart inn ) 0 . " Hartle 4 , 6 Walls Dui ''s Nesham Main, . 4 • Walls k:ndtlettt ; 7 .; ti W. E. I,lrobtnn. 'W. E. Stevarro.^"' Httsaell's Helton's.. 0 Walls --,Unsob4 S 1 d. Tintleld M00r...-. 31 3 6 23 9 Wylom 9 WallsEndßmvicke33 0 W. E. Bensham 98 0 W. E. Burraton— 29 3 W. E. Hilda 27 W. E New/arch 29 9 W. E. Northumb. 28 9 W. E. Itussell's 30 6 63 %--Ships sold, 364 BIRTHS. Ou the 80th August, at Sydeuhaut, Ken' of a sou.' M. Francis Take! On the 28th of May, at the Cape of Goo James Duff Watt, Esq. Deputy Arsistant Ci the Forces, of a daughter. Hyp e , the , ugly of 'olumisory-tuera l to MARRIED. 11orbit the i• 12. - 4 • On the *9 . th Inst. at'St. Whitechap Mat) oas, Rector, Mr. Josh. Rudge• of St,. - l el, }'Y -le.Grand: to 04 Ann, only daughter of John Smith, ' Esq, . of Leman-street' ma s a-fields. the •, On the 29th inst, at All Sahib' Church, Mallon'rgi'elts Rev. C. Matthew, Vicar, Mr.J. Collins, Cof Nelson-84°,°4Tette citor, to Alin Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr. linson; of Mahlon, snrgeom . • • t h e Ile , '" On the 30th inst. at St. Dunstau's in the EPA/ b,y J. I'. Bennett, M. A., John Jameson, son of Mr. John Inneo,,_.ith, Tower -street, to Ann, second daughter of Mr. Robert " 1•• Lower Thames-street. DIED At Laxfiekl, in the 834o f Mrs• Soot. " a , A year her age, trai : 4 ow of to relict of Mr. John Go ptrisli,leav leaving ten sons arnadrdd'afuogrritesrrloy, br a yregerilt7SeVe 'far gninad:tl,4l,7ll:l, ,I:l.fifty-seven great grandchildren, and' one great great grai u having lived to see finir generations , i ns tant' _ At Greenhill, in the parish of Deskford, on the B ti l G yv eorge Black, at the great age of 103 years and Ail inaa l° B l ; bred as born at Glenbucket, on the Ist of February, 17 28 ; lee a gardener ; an d f or th e l u st 70 years; has been what, the , Ne gunge of the country, is called "a pound er, Week " the late 1 -." ) ;,„„ Findlate, and his family. He n o nly confined fog fore his death. m om Printed and Published by M. YOUNG, at the SO ( •No, ilk Stroud.,